Electronic Ballot Counting

In 2014 Regional Council amended the local elections bylaw, which significantly altered voting processes in the Northern Rockies by permitting the use of an automatic vote counting system. Under this system, votes are electronically counted using an automated vote tabulator. You will still fill in your ballot by hand, but will feed the ballot through a tabulator prior to it being deposited in a ballot box. This system significantly reduces the time it takes the Chief Election Officer to announce the preliminary results of the election. It is expected that these results will be available within an hour of the polls closing on General Voting Day. A couple of items of note under this system include:

Instead of marking your ballot with an "X", you will now need to shade in oval(s) next to your selected candidate(s).

You will receive one ballot containing all election races and referenda questions, instead of multiple, colour coded ballots.

If you accidentally spoil your ballot, the electronic vote tabulator will inform you of any errors and give you the opportunity to return the spoiled ballot to the poll clerk so that you can be issued a new one.

The Municipal Office will be closing at 12:00 noon on December 24, 2018 through to 8:30 am January 2, 2019. Bill payments made be made by mail, online or by using the dropbox at the entrance (no cash please).